What in the web?

Originally Posted on Emerald Media via UWIRE

What happened on the web this week? Some presidential announcements, the Kardashians are in Armenia and this 1991 Sizzler ad resurfaced. If you haven’t had time to work your way through the week’s news, here’s a crash course.

Ready for Hillary?

Hillary Clinton finally announced that she is indeed running for president in 2016, Sunday. Clinton is currently the only major democratic nominee. The much anticipated announcement came out in a video, unlike some republican nominees like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz who announced in front of crowds. Clinton’s campaign website translates into Spanish and the header photo is of Clinton talking to the elderly, two main voting forces in the last election.

Don’t forget Rubio…

Marco Rubio announced his presidential candidacy, Monday. The republican senator, famous for drinking water during press conferences, took aim at Clinton during his announcement.

“Just yesterday, a leader from yesterday began a campaign for President by promising to take us back to yesterday,” Rubio said. “But yesterday is over, and we are never going back.”

Marco Rubio takin’ a sip of water:

Joss Whedon facing copyright lawsuit

Joss Whedon, the nerd power house behind franchises like the Avengers and Buffy the Vampire slayer is currently being sued for copyright infringement. A $10 million lawsuit claims that Whedon and his writing partner Drew Goddard took the idea for the 2012 movie The Cabin in the Woods from a 2006 book called The Little White Trip: A Night In the Pines.

Winter is coming

Game of Thrones is back. I won’t spoil anything so I really can’t say anything else.

John Snow 4ever.

 

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